Titanium dioxide producer Tronox (Oklahoma City / USA, www.tronox.com) has named Jeffry Quinn as its new president and CEO, with effect from 1 December 2017. Quinn will succeed Peter Johnston, a member of Tronox's board of directors, who has held the role of interim CEO since May 2017 after Thomas Casey announced retirement from the company due to severe health problems and passed away on 25 May.

According to the chairman of Tronox board of directors, Ilan Kaufthal, Quinn will take the company undergoing a “period of transition with the planned acquisition of the titanium dioxide assets of Cristal” – see Plasteurope.com of 28.02.2017 – through its “next phase of growth.”

Quinn has more than 30 years of experience in the mining, refining and chemicals industries. From 2004-2012, he served as CEO of Solutia, which was acquired by Eastman (Kingsport, Tennessee / USA; www.eastman.com) in 2012 – see Plasteurope.com of 05.07.2012.